There are things in this world that men and women aren't meant to understand. We aren't supposed to know these things exist, much less how to fight them. The things that go bump in the night, the monsters in the closet, the shadow out of the corner of your eye - that's where I live.

5 out of 5 stars

Amazing

By
Davis Ball
on
02-04-17

The Black Knight Chronicles: Omnibus Edition

By:
John Hartness

Narrated by:
Nick J. Russo

Length: 16 hrs and 35 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
196

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
184

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
182

The Black Knight Chronicles: lots of vampires. No sparkles. Serious snark. This bundle includes books one through there:
Hard Day's Knight,
Back in Black, and
Knight Moves.

5 out of 5 stars

It's been a hard day's Knight . . .

By
Ray Johnson
on
07-18-18

Monster Hunter Memoirs: Grunge

By:
John Ringo,
Larry Correia

Narrated by:
Oliver Wyman

Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
5,186

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
4,848

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
4,833

When marine private Oliver Chadwick Gardenier is killed in the marine barrack bombing in Beirut, somebody who might be Saint Peter gives him a choice: Go to heaven, which, while nice, might be a little boring, or return to earth. The Boss has a mission for him, and he's to look for a sign. He's a marine: He'll choose the mission. Unfortunately, the sign he's to look for is "57". Which, given the food services contract in Bethesda Hospital, creates some difficulty. Eventually it appears that God's will is for Chad to join a group called Monster Hunters International.

1 out of 5 stars

This Abomination Broke My Heart

By
Tracie
on
10-02-16

Hot Blooded - A Bubba the Monster Hunter Novella

Bubba in Fairyland Series, Book 3

By:
John G. Hartness

Narrated by:
John Solo

Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
38

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
37

Story

5 out of 5 stars
37

Dragons. Faeries. Magic. Rednecks. This ain't your daddy's fairy tale. Unless your daddy was a defensive end for the Georgia Bulldogs. In the third installment of the Bubba in Fairyland saga, Bubba and his band of merry men and women are still on the hunt for his missing sister. Their journey this time brings them to the Summer Court, home of Titania and Oberon, neither of whom are fans of giant rednecks with giant guns. Top find Bubba's missing sister, they have to find a dragon. But first, Bubba has to find his way out of this patch of woods without getting everybody killed!

5 out of 5 stars

Dungeons, Dragons, and Bertha!

By
Ray Johnson
on
05-13-18

Calling All Angels: A Shadow Council Case Files Novella

Quest for Glory, Book 1

By:
John G. Hartness

Narrated by:
James Anderson Foster

Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
39

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
36

Story

5 out of 5 stars
36

They are humanity's defense against the supernatural. They are the light in the darkness. They are the guardians that walk in the night. They are the Shadow Council. Joanna Harrison is a freelance editor, working mother, and loving daughter. She is also the great-granddaughter of legendary steel driving man John Henry, and she has taken up his hammer to fight against the monsters that threaten her family and her world. She is Jo Henry, and she packs one hell of a punch.

5 out of 5 stars

Finally!

By
krbejo03
on
02-04-18

Shingles Audio Collection Volume 1

Shingles Series, Volume 1

By:
Robert Bevan,
Rick Gualtieri,
Steve Wetherell,
and others

Narrated by:
Cassandra Myles,
Cal Wembly

Length: 13 hrs and 40 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
105

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
96

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
96

The collection begins with "The Ghost of Hooker Alley," which introduces listeners to 10-year-old Sarah and six-year-old Tommy. After a quick bus ride into town to buy a gun, Sarah and Tommy think their problems are all but solved. That is, until a creepy weirdo follows them into an alley. But they aren't the only ones in that alley.... "The Monkey's Penis" features Chris, a teenage boy who receives a birthday gift unlike any other. In "Gary's Children," a man's quest for stress relief leads to terror, and an unexpected kidnapping takes place in "Aliens Wrecked Our Kegger."

5 out of 5 stars

From most of the creators of Authors and Dragons!

By
Greg Hill
on
10-23-18

Year One

A Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter Collection

By:
John G. Hartness

Narrated by:
James Foster

Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
958

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
892

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
892

There are things in this world that men and women aren't meant to understand. We aren't supposed to know these things exist, much less how to fight them. The things that go bump in the night, the monsters in the closet, the shadow out of the corner of your eye - that's where I live.

5 out of 5 stars

Amazing

By
Davis Ball
on
02-04-17

The Black Knight Chronicles: Omnibus Edition

By:
John Hartness

Narrated by:
Nick J. Russo

Length: 16 hrs and 35 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
196

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
184

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
182

The Black Knight Chronicles: lots of vampires. No sparkles. Serious snark. This bundle includes books one through there:
Hard Day's Knight,
Back in Black, and
Knight Moves.

5 out of 5 stars

It's been a hard day's Knight . . .

By
Ray Johnson
on
07-18-18

Monster Hunter Memoirs: Grunge

By:
John Ringo,
Larry Correia

Narrated by:
Oliver Wyman

Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
5,186

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
4,848

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
4,833

When marine private Oliver Chadwick Gardenier is killed in the marine barrack bombing in Beirut, somebody who might be Saint Peter gives him a choice: Go to heaven, which, while nice, might be a little boring, or return to earth. The Boss has a mission for him, and he's to look for a sign. He's a marine: He'll choose the mission. Unfortunately, the sign he's to look for is "57". Which, given the food services contract in Bethesda Hospital, creates some difficulty. Eventually it appears that God's will is for Chad to join a group called Monster Hunters International.

1 out of 5 stars

This Abomination Broke My Heart

By
Tracie
on
10-02-16

Hot Blooded - A Bubba the Monster Hunter Novella

Bubba in Fairyland Series, Book 3

By:
John G. Hartness

Narrated by:
John Solo

Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
38

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
37

Story

5 out of 5 stars
37

Dragons. Faeries. Magic. Rednecks. This ain't your daddy's fairy tale. Unless your daddy was a defensive end for the Georgia Bulldogs. In the third installment of the Bubba in Fairyland saga, Bubba and his band of merry men and women are still on the hunt for his missing sister. Their journey this time brings them to the Summer Court, home of Titania and Oberon, neither of whom are fans of giant rednecks with giant guns. Top find Bubba's missing sister, they have to find a dragon. But first, Bubba has to find his way out of this patch of woods without getting everybody killed!

5 out of 5 stars

Dungeons, Dragons, and Bertha!

By
Ray Johnson
on
05-13-18

Calling All Angels: A Shadow Council Case Files Novella

Quest for Glory, Book 1

By:
John G. Hartness

Narrated by:
James Anderson Foster

Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
39

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
36

Story

5 out of 5 stars
36

They are humanity's defense against the supernatural. They are the light in the darkness. They are the guardians that walk in the night. They are the Shadow Council. Joanna Harrison is a freelance editor, working mother, and loving daughter. She is also the great-granddaughter of legendary steel driving man John Henry, and she has taken up his hammer to fight against the monsters that threaten her family and her world. She is Jo Henry, and she packs one hell of a punch.

5 out of 5 stars

Finally!

By
krbejo03
on
02-04-18

Shingles Audio Collection Volume 1

Shingles Series, Volume 1

By:
Robert Bevan,
Rick Gualtieri,
Steve Wetherell,
and others

Narrated by:
Cassandra Myles,
Cal Wembly

Length: 13 hrs and 40 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
105

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
96

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
96

The collection begins with "The Ghost of Hooker Alley," which introduces listeners to 10-year-old Sarah and six-year-old Tommy. After a quick bus ride into town to buy a gun, Sarah and Tommy think their problems are all but solved. That is, until a creepy weirdo follows them into an alley. But they aren't the only ones in that alley.... "The Monkey's Penis" features Chris, a teenage boy who receives a birthday gift unlike any other. In "Gary's Children," a man's quest for stress relief leads to terror, and an unexpected kidnapping takes place in "Aliens Wrecked Our Kegger."

Everyone's favorite demon hunter is looking for a kidnapped archangel, and he's got to do something completely out of character to do it - go to church. It seems there's a band of extreme religious zealots running around North Carolina, and their current target is a local event promoter who just happens the be the archangel Uriel in disguise. When Harker follows the evidence to the extremists, he uncovers a lot more than a stuffed offering plate.

I was a just normal guy until the night the cherry blossoms bloomed, the night that Grace appeared on my doorstep. A failed sci-fi writer, a gamer, but a normal guy nonetheless. Grace was everything I was not - a psychic shifter, beautiful beyond my wildest imagination, a government conspiracy waiting to be unraveled. And that was before the second superpowered woman showed up to kill us both.

5 out of 5 stars

Cherry Blossom Gals can'tcha come out tonight

By
Ray Johnson
on
04-08-18

Obsidian Son

The Temple Chronicles, Book 1

By:
Shayne Silvers

Narrated by:
Marcio Catalano

Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
897

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
827

Story

4 out of 5 stars
823

Nate Temple's all-consuming quest to avenge his parents is temporarily put on hold when shape-shifting dragons invade St. Louis. And perhaps cow-tipping the Minotaur for answers might not have been Nate's smartest opening move, because now every flavor of supernatural thug from our childhood nightmares is gunning for him. Nate learns that the only way to save his city from these creatures is to murder his best friend.

2 out of 5 stars

Don't Bother

By
Ann
on
07-07-17

Bill the Vampire, Scary Dead Things, The Mourning Woods, and Holier Than Thou

The Tome of Bill Series: Books 1-4

By:
Rick Gualtieri

Narrated by:
Christopher John Fetherolf

Length: 33 hrs and 34 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,907

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,783

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,779

There are reasons we fear the dark. Bill Ryder...isn't one of them. Gamer, geek, and legendary vampire - The Tome of Bill is the tale of an unlikely hero trying to survive in a world of undead horrors. Despite awesome supernatural powers, loyal allies, and an attitude the size of Brooklyn, the odds are still stacked heavily against him. Bill Ryder must fulfill his destiny and save the world from the ancient terrors that threaten it - all while trying to work up the nerve to ask out the girl of his dreams.

4 out of 5 stars

How the books are divided inside:

By
Bill Bucket
on
11-18-15

Monster Hunter International

By:
Larry Correia

Narrated by:
Oliver Wyman

Length: 24 hrs

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
16,520

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
15,079

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
15,049

Five days after Owen Zastava Pitt pushed his insufferable boss out of a 14th story window, he woke up in the hospital with a scarred face, an unbelievable memory, and a job offer. It turns out that monsters are real. All the things from myth, legend, and B-movies are out there, waiting in the shadows. Some of them are evil, and some are just hungry. Monster Hunter International is the premier eradication company in the business. And now Owen is their newest recruit.

2 out of 5 stars

My second Monster Hunter book

By
Randall
on
06-29-18

Dial D for Deadman: A Space Team Universe Novel

Dan Deadman Space Detective

By:
Barry J. Hutchison

Narrated by:
Phil Thron

Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
275

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
261

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
261

In an alien city torn apart by crooked cops and ruthless criminals, private detective Dan Deadman specializes in cases unusual and bizarre. Sure, he doesn't smell great, and he's technically been dead for quite some time, but if you've got a rampaging Hell-beast tearing up your street, or a portal to another dimension appearing in your bathroom, Dan's your man. After saving a mysterious young woman named Ollie from the clutches of something big, slimy, and unpleasant, Dan gets entangled in a missing child case.

5 out of 5 stars

Very enjoyable!!!

By
ABG
on
10-06-18

Sweet Blood of Mine

Overworld Chronicles, Book 1

By:
John Corwin

Narrated by:
Austin Rising

Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
213

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
197

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
199

When Justin Slade discovers he has super strength, speed, and the ability to seduce women, life gets a lot more interesting. But as he learns the ropes of his new supernatural abilities, he soon realizes he's not alone.

3 out of 5 stars

good story, weak mc

By
kagan w
on
07-15-18

Hero Forged

Ethereal Earth, Book 1

By:
Josh Erikson

Narrated by:
Josh Erikson

Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,078

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,018

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,014

Gabriel Delling might call himself a professional con artist, but when walking superstitions start trying to bite his face off, his charm is shockingly unhelpful. It turns out living nightmares almost never appreciate a good joke. Together with a succubus who insists on constantly saving his life, Gabe desperately tries to survive a new reality that suddenly features demons, legends, and a giant locust named Dale - all of whom pretty much hate his guts. And when an ancient horror comes hunting for a spirit locked in his head, Gabe finds himself faced with the excruciating choice between death...or becoming some kind of freaking hero.

Reese wants to rule the Strip. He's a demon-powered mage with a gang of mutated supernatural goons on his side. Oh, and he dresses like a Chippendales dancer. Ian Dex must stop him. With the fate of the Vegas Strip on the line, Ian and his crew battle vampires, werewolves, and fae. They have to crush the monstrous attacks before the casinos are utterly demolished. Preventing war is never a safe bet. Will the PPD get to Reese in time? Will Las Vegas survive the mayhem?

3 out of 5 stars

Good Story..Not The Best Narrator

By
Justin Sylvia
on
10-09-18

Post-Apocalyptic Nomadic Warriors

A Duck & Cover Adventure, Book 1

By:
Benjamin Wallace

Narrated by:
Phil Thron

Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
138

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
134

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
135

The post-apocalyptic world isn't that bad. Sure, there are mutants. But, for the people of New Hope, daily life isn't so much a struggle of finding food or medicine as it is trying to find a new shortstop for their kickball team. This makes it difficult for a post-apocalyptic warrior to find work. Thankfully, an army full of killers is making its way to the peaceful town and plans to raze it to the ground. Only a fully trained post-apocalyptic nomadic warrior can stop them.

4 out of 5 stars

A creative story

By
cosmitron
on
08-11-18

Morningwood: Everybody Loves Large Chests (Vol.1)

By:
Neven Iliev

Narrated by:
Jeff Hays

Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
3,937

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
3,738

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
3,737

Large chests are said to encompass all manner of hopes and dreams. Men covet them. Women envy them. But one fact holds true - everyone wants to get their hands on some big ones. The same holds true for one intrepid adventurer - a strapping young lad by the name of Himmel. Armed with his grandfather's trusty longsword and the dream of being the strongest, he sets out on the journey of a lifetime!

5 out of 5 stars

Really Entertaining

By
HeatherY
on
11-23-17

Tamer: King of Dinosaurs

By:
Michael-Scott Earle

Narrated by:
Luke Daniels

Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,835

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,666

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,663

Victor Shelby ends each day wondering when his life is going to get better. His parents are dead, he struggles to pay rent, and his boss at the animal control shelter has him cleaning cages instead of working in the field. His dream of helping animals seems destined to end in a mop bucket. Then, Victor is abducted by aliens and deposited on a prehistoric world filled with hungry dinosaurs and beautiful alien women. He doesn’t know why he is here or what his purpose is, but he finds himself fighting for survival.

4 out of 5 stars

If Destiny's Crucible and Jurassic park had a kid

By
John
on
02-18-18

Publisher's Summary

Scattered, Smothered, and Chunked collects the entire first season of Bubba the Monster Hunter from his first graveyard-splattering adventure in Voodoo Children to the stunning cliffhanger at the end of Final Countdown! Fans of the rollicking redneck monster hunter will find plenty of value in this massive collection of monsters, strippers, beer, and bullets!

This collection includes 10 Bubba shorts, a Bubba prequel novella, and a bonus Black Knight Chronicles short story!

Picked it up by accident...

I had multiple tabs opened and added to the cart, intending on another book. Realized my mistake but decided to roll with it. Turned into a happy surprise! I couldn't stop listening! Didn't expect to like the short story aspect, but it played out like a TV show with a full season story arc. Absolutely amazing and fun! Now I'm googling everything John G. Hartness trying to find out when Grits, Guns, & Glory will be out on Audible. (I used the Oxford comma because I'm a civilized human being *cough*Amazon*cough*)

One of my new Favorites!

I LOVE THIS BOOK! I think some authors are afraid that the world has become too complex for the simple, but old concept of Good vs Evil. But to me, the best storytelling starts with a Lovable Good Guy and an Evil, Hatable Bad Guy. Bubba the Monster Hunter is a great character with a heart of gold, who cheerfully fights evil monsters. I love that he drinks beer and goes to strip clubs.. in fact my only complaint is that halfway through the book he stops going to strip clubs.

This book is fun, funny, and will make you cheer at the climax. I recommend to anyone who enjoys the Superhero or Contemporary Fantasy Genres. I'll be first in line to purchase Book 2!

(sigh) Oh Bubba

Any additional comments?

I'm from Texas and I love Bubbas and rednecks and I anticipated lots of laughs, but Bubba and his number one associate both become very trite. I wish the stereotype had been a part of our hero and not all of our hero. I was smothered and covered in sarcasm and fight scenes. It's unusual for me, but I quit in the middle. I will finish it later and make another review if it changes my mind, but I had to take a break. I just couldn't become invested in Bubba.

Bubba is so charismatic

This book was a pleasant surprise. I got out of my comfort zone without thinking to much, and it exceeded my expectations.

Bubba is a red neck monster hunter working for the Roman Catholic Church, along with his techy friend Skeeter and Uncle Father Joe. The book is divided in two parts. The fist part is composed of short stories. I am not usually keen on short stories, but Bubba's story got me hooked due to his personality and southern ways. The short stories could be read separately but they are like episodes of a series. In each one, Bubba fights against a different monster, be like vampires, zombies or even cupides. The second part is the prequel Family Tradition, and we learn about Bubba's past and this leads to the cliffhanger on which the story ends.

When I started this audiobook I was not sure if I was going to like it. I was misled by the red neck jokes and excessive mention of titty bars, and thought that Bubba was going to leave me indifferent. But there is more to Bubba than what meets the eye, and the short stories and especially Family Tradition deepen into his character, and I will forgive John G. Hartness for the cliffhanger and listen to the second book as soon as I can. I just need to know Bubba better.

I like fantasy, but I usually do not do vampires or zombies. In this case I did not mind, since Bubba is so charismatic that we mainly focus on how he talks, his attitude and his grit.

The characters' personalities are well defined, and the dialogs are fluid and realistic. I think one of the more difficult things on a book are dialogs, and Hartnell has created some fresh ones. It was like listening to real conversations.

Andrew McFerrin does an excellent job portraying Bubba and the rest of characters. The book is written in first person, so it is important how well McFerrin impersonates Bubba, and believe me, he becomes the monster hunter, imitating a realistic southern accent and using the right tone for each moment. Skeeter's voice was also easily recognizable, and I knew who was talking at every moment. I could close my yes and see them all talking with their distinctive voices. McFerrin was ace here.

I think this book will delight not only monsters and fantasy fans. Even if you think that this book is not for you, give it a try, you will fall in love with Buba's story. I sure did!

Bubba Breaks you in right!

For those of you new to this amazing series, let me lay this out for you. You want to pick this up right now and set to listening right away. This is something any fan of In Search of, X-Files, Beverly Hillbillies, and Dukes of Hazzard would enjoy. It's kind of like Larry Correia's MHI, only with more beer and a lot more silliness. Bubba is an exceptional man. He hunts monsters for the church with his best buddy, Skeeter, a gay black dude (his words) who doesn't take any of Bubba's crap. Bubba likes to drink as much as he does shoot monsters, and this is the introduction into a world of a man whose neck is redder than most, whose gun, Bertha, blasts more caps than a Compton gang, and whose sole mission is to kack as many minions of evil he can before breakfast at the strip club.

This might sound trite and cheesy, but Hartness manages to pull this off. It is fun and full of big belly laughs, andin my opinion some of the very best stories in the series are the early ones, just because we get to know the characters a little piece at a time. What could be offensive is just plain old fun, and the monsters we meet are not always the same old run of the mill biters and walkers you see in every other series.

My biggest complaint is the cover of the book collection. It really does nothing to make you want to read this book. It has a great title, but the road sign does nothing for me as a reader scanning through a list of books seeking something new and exciting. The shorts always had some doofy cartoony images on them, which worked. You knew the series wasn't a grim and gritty knock off of every other monster hunting book out there. I really wish there was more to this cover to pul in a reader who has no idea of what Bubba and Co. are all about.

Having long been a Bubba fan since the shorts started appearing, I sort of listened to the collections backwards. As a result I got to know Solo as the main narrator, and feel in love with his style, delivery, and rendition of Bubba. This book collection, however, has Andrew McFerrin doing the honor of introducing us to the big man. McFerrin is good, he has a nice voice, his ennunciation and pronunciations are on point, and he carries the story well. I really have no complaints about him at all, he does a fine job, and you will enjoy every syllable he utters. When Solo pops up in the next collection, though you will see just how sunburnt Bubba's neck ought to be. Still, I cannot slight or fault McFerrin at all. He does a wonderful job, and there is no way he will disappoint you.

I want to note that the stories all connect to one another, and reference back on occassion to past deeds. This is not a set of individual stories. There is a connector in the over all background of the book. Each story is full of action, funny business, what I call Bubba Wisdom, and monsters. Can't go wrong there. Like I said, this is the start of something awesome. Once you begin you will not want to put this down. You will listen all the way through, and then zip off to get the next season. I promise you that. Even though I did receive a promo code for this review it in no way influenced my considerations of the material, and in fact, inspired me to be more honest. In fact, getting a code generally makes me harsher as a reviewer as I am more often concerned what someone like Me will decide based on my review.

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Snarky, okay plot, characters, basically shallow

Another snarky main character book, this time with a big Southern good-ol-boy point of view. The trend for barely turned out books with snarky dialogue in place of wit and clever turns of a phrase continues.

Between bouts of nonfiction books, a funny, laugh-out-loud, book is welcome. Searching for a well-written entertaining book with laughs and some depth is becoming frustrating.

Great feedback and decent rating numbers got me to buy this book, but it is as two dimensional as a video game. The stereotyping of females is tiresome.

The character is cleverly designed, but that only goes so far. The Monster Hunter series by Larry CorreiaI was pretty good, so I thought I'd try out this author, but where author Larry Correia was a master at action scenes and descriptions, this book is simple and pretty shallow.

Meh. Four hours left to listen, but I stopped listening some days ago and have no interest in returning to the stories. There were portions I had missed what was said because I fell asleep or got distracted. It wasn't worth going back to where I had left off.

Highly entertaining

Bubba is exactly the kind of campy, low-brow humor I was looking for. Lots of funny redneck stereotypes, laugh-out-loud one-liners, and strip clubs, and I haven't been this entertained in a while. If you took Dog, the bounty hunter, and gave him the personality of Larry the Cable Guy, you might have some idea what Bubba is like. His best friend Skeeter reminds me a little of Gus from Psych. I cannot recommend this book more highly!

An amazingly funny Urban Fantasy!

Bubba comes from a long line of monster hunters. At 6' 6 and well over 300 lbs, the former college defensive tackle is damn good at killing monsters that need killing. Weather it be zombies, fairies, werewolves or vampires, Bubba is who the Catholic Church calls when monsters need killing in the Southeastern US. Bubba is a crackup, basically every funny stereotype of a good old boy redneck, although he is smarter than he looks. With his Tech guru Skeeter, the only black gay guy in the county, who can crack any computer system, any time, anywhere, Uncle Father Joe, his Harly riding, shotgun toting, priest church handler (and Skeeters Uncle, Hence the Uncle Father Joe part) and an assortment of monster killing weapons including a .50 Caliber Desert Eagle named Bertha and a cold iron Katana, Bubba has all tools necessary to deal with any monster he comes across. This includes his father, who was a monster hunter turned evil werewolf who is trying to get the supernatural creatures to rise up and cast down the humans. Well, Bubba and DEMON, The federal governments Department of Extradimentional Monsters and Occult Nuicances (Someone wanted that acronym really bad), represented by Agent Amy, who is hell in combat boots, arent going to let that happen. Listen through, have fun, and be prepared to laugh and be shocked at some of the creative story elements and characters. I can't recommend this series highly enough!

The narration was great, really bringing each character to life, and the pacing was great. I will buy any audiobook narrated by Andrew McFerrin.

Everything you want it to be and better!

Humorous Urban Fantasy works are almost always among my favorites, but SS&C was even more fun than I was expecting. Bubba is a grand, bad-ass, delightful, lovable, lamentable character and I just couldn't get enough (purchased and started Season 2 within two minutes of finishing this volume). The stories are short and well paced with a larger world and story unfolding neatly in the background at a level that keeps you interested without disrupting the flow of individual stories. Additionally, this work is perfectly suitable for an audio experience and the reader does an excellent job.

I loved the stories, I loved Bubba, and I think I have a little crush on Skeeter. I hope he likes bears. Looking forward to the next volume and more.

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2 out of 5 stars

Performance

3 out of 5 stars

Story

1 out of 5 stars

Christopher Young

02-23-17

Childish

The story is really designed to be read by young teenagers who are impressed by beer drinking and childish antics.